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The Employee Assistance Program is offering three dates of virtual parenting classes based on the program, “Love and Logic.”

This semester zoom classes will be offered on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 4:45 pm. Participants may register for one class or all three. The schedule is as follows:

April 2 – “Time Out”

April 16 – “Enforceable Statements”

April 30 – “Using Choices to Reduce Power Struggles”

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln continues to be one of the best places to work in the Cornhusker State and nationwide.

In the 2024 Forbes ranking of America’s Best Large Employers, the university is No. 2 in Nebraska and No. 154 nationally. In the education sector, UNL is No. 1 statewide and No. 18 overall.

The Forbes review credits Nebraska’s flagship university for graduating students who are economic and cultural drivers for the state, nation and world.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Staff Senate has launched new awards to honor the work of staff employees.

Developed by the senate’s Recognition Committee, the awards are an opportunity for current UNL and Nebraska Extension employees to nominate staff for eight honors. The awards connect to the university’s N2025 strategic plan and core belief that “every person and every interaction matters.”

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will be closed Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. Employees will return to work on Jan. 2.

Regular employees are eligible for holiday and earned floating holiday pay, prorated according to FTE. This year, regular employees will use five earned floating holidays to be paid during the shutdown. Vacation, banked holiday, comp time or unpaid leave will be substituted for employees who have not earned the five floating holidays.

The university’s winter shutdown schedule is: